Ethan ChuaIt is Democratic to Resist: Bongbong Marcos, the 2022 Elections, and Filipinos’ Ongoing Struggle…It’s a heartbreaking day for me — May 10th, right after the close of the 2022 Philippine elections, with Bongbong Marcos claiming what…9 min read·May 10, 2022----
Ethan ChuaFilipino, Fil-Am, Filipinx? Reflections on a National Identity CrisisIf you’re a part of the Filipino (Filipinx?) community and have been on Twitter recently, as I unfortunately have, you’ve probably seen a…8 min read·Sep 6, 2020--2--2
Ethan ChuaHungry Ghost Festival: Day 1“Gui jie or zhong yuan jie, the Hungry Ghost Festival, which occurs on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month … held special…4 min read·Apr 7, 2020----
Ethan ChuaRodrigo Duterte’s Unnatural DisastersOn January 12 of this year, Taal Volcano in the Philippines was placed on Alert Level 4 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and…5 min read·Mar 23, 2020----
Ethan ChuaCurseThis curse was read by members and supporters of Stanford Students Against War and the Multo Collective outside the Hoover Institute on…3 min read·Mar 12, 2020----
Ethan ChuaFor All the Students Leaving HomeWhenever my uncle, who lives in Hong Kong, visits us in the Philippines, we always prepare him a few bottles of calamansi juice…2 min read·Sep 12, 2016----
Ethan ChuaTricycleThe rear view mirrors are each wreathed by a rosary, and a calendar is strung between them with the Sundays marked out in red.1 min read·Jun 24, 2016----
Ethan ChuaFireflies, Fog, and Poetry ElsewhereI’ve spent the better part of the past year collating, editing, and proofreading poems for the release of a literary folio, “Misc.” It’s a…3 min read·Apr 19, 2016----
Ethan ChuaBostonThe story of collapse is imprinted in the geography of our archipelago: Before fire was first discovered in caves, before balangay boats…4 min read·Mar 20, 2016----
